We had saved for this trip of a lifetime and it was shocking. We were told the boat had been deep cleaned and it was perfectly safe to travel as the norovirus was no longer an issue. This could have been no further from the truth. Within two days passengers were vomiting with diarrhoea. As you walked to your cabin you could smell both. People were very poorly and they tried to play it down my ...
This was my second cruise with Princess. Both times I was on the conferences, so it was partly paid, but this one did not worse time I invested. First of, ship is very boring. Literally nothing going on aboard. If you want to get to the theater, you have to take you sit at least an hour before the show start. Their medalion program is absolute failure - my medallion stopped to open door for the ...
Itineraries and price led us to this princess cruse, our 5th cruse in 2 years. We have been on 3 other cruse lines. Princess was the worst. Other passengers told us in the past the food was better. Princess has a lot of return customers largely due to there loyalty program. Many said they have not been on other cruse lines. Food on the buffet was always the same for breakfast. Lunch was mostly the ...
The Bad : Ship shakes under sail and unbelievably worse in port, especially annoying when you are dining. Common areas good condition but we had hit and miss cabins this fall and winter, some ok and some awful condition. Ship staff said they can’t update the rooms without a dry dock and the company keeps putting that off. Personally had and witnessed some negative interactions with the Guest ...
The ship has been refurbished and the buffet has been cut down to a third of standard because Princess has two (2) new specialty restaurants (of course additional fee). The buffet has a picnic theme, subs and ready for this...at dinner...PEANUT BUTTER & JELLY SANDWICHES...unbelievable! One guest we met onboard is a professional chef in Las Vegas and he said he will never sail with Princess ...
My wife and I cruised exclusively on Princess for many years and stayed on cruise ships months at a time. Needless to say we reached the Elite level some time ago. One of my favorite cruise ships was the old Caribbean Princess (before renovation) ugly ice cream cone and all. The food on that ship was very good. We recently took a 10 day cruise and were pleasantly surprised by the new renovation. ...
This was my first cruise with Princess and as a result of my experience, it will definitely be my last. Prior to booking, I had this impression that Princess was an elite cruising brand. I expected more of them than I would a Carnival, Norwegian or Royal Caribbean cruise line.
I could not have been more wrong. Let's start with the PROS since its a short list.
PROS:
Embarkation - ...
My experience with princess was one of the worst travel experiences i have ever had.
It was my first experience with princess, and i will never patronize them again, and i will vociferously encourage others to avoid princess at all costs.
I will be publishing this report to every relevant travel portal.
Starting with the Ports visited:
The ports were not bad choices, however port days ...
My family and I cruised on the Princess Caribbean. It was a 14 night cruise covering 9 ports. We had never cruised with Princess before, now I know why. So I’ll start with our staterooms. We booked 2 balcony cabins. I must say, we choose Princess because we missed out booking with Celebrity, our favorite cruise line. The staterooms smelled of urine. I mistakenly hung my night shirt on the bathroom ...
Problems that we faced on this cruise: October 7 to October 21, 2017.
• First day, Cabin R327 was assigned to us. This cabin had fold-up bunk beds and is unsuitable for seniors like us. We should not have been assigned this cabin. Getting up at night to use the bathroom was a real ordeal, hitting head on the bunk bed above was an on going thing. Also, will attach a picture of the ceiling ...